Australian Legislation by Year
1830s
1840s
- 1843 - Dangerous Lunatics Act, 1843, 7 Vic. No. 14
- 1843 - Dangerous Lunatics Act, 1843, 7 Vic. No. 14
- 1843 - Custody of Lunatics Act (Dangerous Lunatics Act?), 1843, 7 Vic. No. 14
- 1844 - An Ordinance to make provision for the safe custody of, and prevention of offences by, Persons dangerously Insane, and for the care and maintenance of Persons of Unsound Mind, 1844, No. 10
- 1845 - Dangerous Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1845, 9 Vic. No. 4
- 1845 - Dangerous Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1845, 9 Vic. No. 4
- 1845 - Custody of Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1845, 9 Vic. No. 4
- 1846 - Dangerous Lunatics Act Further Amendment Act, 1846, 9 Vic. No. 34
- 1846 - Dangerous Lunatics Act Further Amendment Act, 1846, 9 Vic. No. 34
- 1846 - Custody of Lunatics Act Further Amendment Act, 1846, 9 Vic. No. 34
- 1847 - Further to provide for the Care and Maintenance of Persons of Unsound Mind, 1847, No. 2
- 1847 - Infants' and Lunatics' Estates in Equity Act, 1847, 11 Vic. No. 27
- 1849 - Dangerous Lunatics Act Further Amendment Act, 1849, 13 Vic. No. 3
- 1849 - Dangerous Lunatics Act Further Amendment Act, 1849, 13 Vic. No. 3
- 1849 - Custody of Lunatics Act Further Amendment Act, 1849, 13 Vic. No. 3
1850s
1860s
- 1861 - Criminal Lunatics Act, 1861, 24 Vic. No. 19
- 1864 - Lunatics Act, 1864, No. 21
- 1865 - Lunatics Act, 1865-6, No. 19
- 1867 - Victoria. Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, vol. 3. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1867. (1867 - )
- 1867 - Victoria. Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, vol. 3. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1867. (1867 - )
- 1867 - Lunacy Statute, 1867, 31 Vic. No. 309
- 1868 - Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1868, No. 1
- 1868 - Lunacy Act, 1868, 31 Vic. No. 19
- 1869 - Lunacy Act, 1869, 33 Vic. No. 12
- 1869 - Lunacy Statute Amendment, 1869, 33 Vic. No. 342
1870s
- 1871 - Lunacy Act, 1871, 34 Vic. No. 9
- 1871 - Lunacy Act Extension Act, 1871, 35 Vic. No. 1
- 1872 - Inebriates Act, 1872, 36 Vic. No. 449
- 1873 - Inebriates Act, 1873, 37 Vic. No. 16
- 1874 - Inebriates Act, 1874, 37 and 38 Vic. No. 8
- 1877 - Inebriates Amendment Act, 1877, 41 Vic. No. 578
- 1878 - Inebriates Act Amendment Act, 1878, 41 and 42 Vic. No. 92
- 1878 - Lunacy Act, 1878, 42 Vic. No. 7
- 1878 - Lunacy Statute Amendment, 1878, 42 Vic. No. 628
1880s
- 1881 - Inebriates Act, 1881, No. 238
- 1881 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1881, 45 Vic. No. 16
- 1884 - Insanity Act, 1884, 48 Vic. No. 8
- 1885 - Insane Persons Hospitals Act Amendment Act (Mental Hospitals Act Amendment Act), 1885, 49 Vic. No. 35
- 1885 - Inebriates Act, 1885, 49 Vic. No. 17
- 1888 - Inebriates Asylums Act, 1888, 52 Vic. No. 1009
- 1888 - Lunacy Amendment Act, 1888, 52 Vic. No. 986
- 1889 - Federal Council Referring Act, 1889, 53 Vic. No. 20
1890s
- 1890 - Lunacy Act, 1890, No. 1113
- 1890 - Inebriates Act, 1890, 54 Vic. No. 1101
- 1892 - Inebriate Hospitals Act, 1892, 56 Vic. No. 20
- 1893 - Lunacy Act, 1893, 56 Vic., No. 23
- 1894 - Lunacy Convention, 1894, 58 Vic. No. 5
- 1896 - Inebriates Institutions Act, 1896, 60 Vic. No. 14
- 1898 - Lunacy Act, 1898, No. 45
1900s
- 1900 - Inebriates Act, 1900, No. 32
- 1903 - Lunacy Act, 1903, No. 15
- 1903 - Lunacy Act, 1903, No. 1873
- 1904 - Inebriates Act, 1904, 4 Edw. 7. No. 1940
- 1908 - Inebriates Act, 1908, No. 954
- 1909 - Inebriates (Amendment) Act, 1909, No. 2
1910s
- 1912 - Inebriates Act 1912, No. 24
- 1912 - Inebriates Act, 1912, No. 47
- 1913 - Mental Defectives Act, 1913, No. 1122
- 1914 - Lunacy Act Amendment Act, 1914, No. 28 of 1915
- 1914 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1914, No. 1159
- 1915 - Mental Diseases Hospitals Act, 1915, 6 Geo. 5 No. 8
- 1915 - Mental Treatment Act, 1915, No. 2600 [Repatriation]
- 1915 - Lunacy Act, 1915, No. 2687
- 1915 - Inebriates Act, 1915, 6 Geo. 5. No. 2669
- 1916 - Lunacy Act, 1916, No. 2886
- 1917 - Mental Treatment Act, 1917, no. 9 [Repatriation]
- 1917 - Mental Treatment (War) Act, 1917, No. 1306
- 1917 - Lunacy Act, 1917, No. 2899
- 1919 - Inebriates Act Amendment Act, 1919, No. 29
- 1919 - Mental Treatment Act Amendment Act, 1919, No. 16
- 1919 - Mental Treatment Act, 1919, No. 3009 [Repatriation]
1920s
- 1920 - Mental Deficiency Act, 1920, 11 Geo. 5, No. 50
- 1920 - Lunacy Ordinance, 1920, No. 7
- 1920 - Lunacy Act Amendment Act, 1920, No. 42
- 1920 - Inebriates Act Amendment Act, 1920, No. 1423
- 1920 - Mental Treatment Act, 1920, No. 3062 [Repatriation]
- 1921 - Lunacy Act, 1921, No. 3142
- 1922 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1922, No. 1532
- 1923 - Lunacy Act, 1923-4, No. 3293
- 1923 - Inebriates Act, 1923, No. 3305
- 1925 - Mental Deficiency Act, 1925, 16 Geo. 5, No. 51
- 1926 - Lunacy Ordinance (No. 2), 1926, no. 17
- 1926 - Lunacy Act Amendment Act, 1926, No. 46
- 1926 - Lunacy Ordinance, 1926, No. 4
- 1926 - Mental Diseases Hospitals Act, 1926, 17 Geo. 5 No. 40
- 1927 - Mental Treatment Act, 1927, No. 13
- 1928 - Lunacy Act, 1928, No. 3721
- 1928 - Inebriates Act, 1928, No. 3703
- 1929 - Mental Deficiency Act, 1929, 20 Geo. No. 10
- 1929 - Mental Diseases Hospitals Act, 1929, 20 Geo. 5, No. 29
1930s
- 1933 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1933, No. 2125
- 1933 - Mental Hygiene Act, 1933, No. 4157
- 1934 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1934, No. 39
- 1935 - Insanity Act Amendment Act, 1935, 26 Geo. 5 No. 34
- 1935 - Mental Defectives Act, 1935, No. 2230
- 1936 - Statute Law Revision Act, 1936, No. 2293
- 1936 - Insane Persons and Inebriates (Committal and Detention) Ordinance, 1936, No. 39
- 1937 - Insane Persons and Inebriates (Committal and Detention) Ordinance, 1937, No. 23
- 1937 - Lunacy and Inebriates (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Act, 1937, No. 37
- 1938 - Inebriates Ordinance, 1938, No. 16
- 1938 - Mental Hygiene Act, 1938, 2 Geo. 6 No. 21
- 1938 - Lunacy Ordinance, 1938, No. 7
- 1938 - The Backward Persons Act, 1938, 2 Geo. 6. No. 30
- 1939 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1939, No. 31
- 1939 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1939, No. 4
- 1939 - Mental Hospitals Act, 1939, 3 and 4 Geo. 6 No. 37
- 1939 - Mental Defectives (Convicted Persons) Act, 1939, No. 19
- 1939 - Mental Deficiency Act, 1939, No. 4704
1940s
- 1940 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1940, No. 1
- 1940 - Mental Treatment Act Amendment Act, 1940, No. 40
- 1941 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1941, No. 42
- 1941 - Mental Hygiene Act, 1941, No. 4821
- 1941 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1941, No. 1
- 1941 - Inebriate Hospitals Act, 1941, 5 Geo. 5 No. 16
- 1941 - Mental Treatment (War Service Patients) Act, 1941, No. 6
- 1942 - Mental Hospitals Act, 1942, 6 Geo. 6 No. 27
- 1943 - Mental Hygiene (Mode of Citation) Act, 1943, No. 4963
- 1943 - Lunacy (Norfolk Island) Agreement Ratification Act), 1943, No. 32
- 1943 - Mental Hygiene Act, 1943, No. 4948
- 1944 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1944, No. 38
- 1945 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1945, No. 14
- 1945 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1945, No. 33
- 1946 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1946, No. 38
- 1948 - Mental Institutions Benefits Act, 1948, No. 52
- 1948 - Ryde Mental Hospital Construction Act, 1948, No. 1
- 1949 - Mental Institutions Benefits Agreement Act, 1949, 13 Geo. 6 No. 56
- 1949 - Mental Institution Benefits Act, 1949, No. 5365
- 1949 - Mental Institutions Benefits Agreement Act, 1949, No. 43
- 1949 - Farm Colony Type Mental Hospital Construction Act, 1949, No. 36
1950s
- 1950 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1950, No. 40
- 1950 - Lunacy Act Amendment Act, 1950, No. 74
- 1950 - Mental Hygiene Authority Act, 1950, No. 5519
- 1951 - Mental Hospitals Act, 1951, No. 10
- 1951 - Mental Deficiency Act, 1951, No. 5
- 1952 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1952, No. 31
- 1953 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1953, No. 53
- 1954 - Mental Hygiene (Maintenance) Act, 1954, No. 5819
- 1955 - Mental Hygiene (Amendment) Act, 1955, No. 5923
- 1955 - Lunacy (Amendment) Act, 1955, No. 3
- 1955 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1955, No. 13
- 1956 - Mental Treatment Act Amendment Act, 1956, No. 46
- 1957 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1957, No. 22
- 1958 - Mental Defectives Act Amendment Act, 1958, No. 51
- 1958 - Mental Hygiene Act, 1958, No. 6314
- 1958 - Mental Deficiency Act, 1958, No. 6313
- 1958 - Inebriates Act, 1958, No. 6278
- 1958 - Mental Health Act, 1958, No. 45
- 1959 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1959, No. 35
- 1959 - Mental Health Act, 1959, No. 6605
1960s
- 1960 - Mental Hospitals Act, 1960, No. 35
- 1960 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1960, No. 35
- 1961 - Alcohol and Drug Addicts (Treatment) Act, 1961, No. 48
- 1961 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1961, No. 32
- 1962 - Mental Health (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Amendment Act, 1962, No.14
- 1962 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1962, No. 29
- 1962 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1962, No. 28
- 1962 - Mental Health Act, 1962, No. 46
- 1962 - Mental Health Act, 1962, No. 46
- 1962 - Mental Health Ordinance, 1962, No. 5
- 1963 - Mental Health Act, 1963, No. 63
- 1963 - Statutes Amendment (Mental Health and Prisons) Act, 1963, No. 50
- 1963 - Convicted Inebriates' Rehabilitation Act, 1963, No. 63
- 1964 - Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 1964, No. 69
- 1964 - New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry Act, 1964, No. 44
- 1964 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1964, No. 50
- 1964 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1964, No. 30
- 1964 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1964, No. 71
- 1964 - Alcohol and Drug Addicts (Treatment) Act Amendment Act, 1964, No. 1
- 1966 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1966, No. 67
- 1967 - Mental Health Services Act, 1967, No. 24
- 1967 - Mental Health (Pathological Examinations) Act, 1967, No. 7598
- 1967 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1967, No. 57
- 1967 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1967, No. 66
- 1967 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1967, No. 39
- 1968 - Alcoholics and Drug-dependent Persons Act, 1968, No. 7772
- 1968 - Inebriates Institutions Act Amendment Act, 1968, No. 5
- 1968 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1968, No. 17 of 1969
- 1968 - Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act, 1968, No. 61
- 1969 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1969, No. 78
- 1969 - Mental Defectives Ordinance, 1969, No. 23
- 1969 - Mental Health (Chairmanship) Act, 1969, No. 7851
1970s
- 1971 - Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act, 1971, No. 65
- 1971 - New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry (Amendment) Act, 1971, No. 46
- 1972 - Mental Health Services Act, 1972, No. 6
- 1972 - Mental Health (Admissions) Act, 1972, No. 8312
- 1973 - Mental Health Services Act, 1973, No. 52
- 1974 - Convicted Inebriates' Rehabilitation Act Amendment Act, 1974, No. 33
- 1974 - Alcohol and Drug Authority Act, 1974, No. 32
- 1974 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1974, No. 54
- 1974 - Mental Health Act, 1974, No. 2
- 1976 - Mental Health Act, 1976-7, No. 24 of 1977
- 1976 - Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 1976, No. 8863
- 1976 - Alcohol and Drug Addicts (Treatment) Act Amendment Act, 1976, No. 96
- 1977 - Mental Health Act, 1977, No. 124
- 1977 - Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act, 1977, No. 48
- 1977 - Mental Health Services Act, 1977, No. 9
- 1978 - Alcohol and Drug Addicts (Treatment) Act Amendment Act, 1978, No. 97
- 1979 - Prisons (Intoxicated Persons) Amendment, 1979, No. 69
- 1979 - Inebriates (Amendment) Act, 1979, No. 68
- 1979 - Intoxicated Persons Act, 1979, no. 67
- 1979 - Mental Health Act, 1979, No 5 of 1980
- 1979 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1979, No. 21
1980s
- 1980 - Intoxicated Persons (Amendment) Act, 1980, No. 1
- 1980 - New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry (Amendment) Act, 1980, No. 58
- 1981 - Alcoholics and Drug-dependent Persons (Amendment) Act, 1981, No. 9656
- 1981 - Acts Amendment (Mental Health) Act, 1981, No. 52
- 1981 - Mental Health Act, 1981, No. 51
- 1981 - Mental Health Amendment Act, 1981, No. 84
- 1982 - Mental Health (Community Welfare) Amendment Act, 1982, No. 87
- 1983 - Mental Health (Powers of Attorney) Amendment Act, 1983, No. 27
- 1983 - Mental Health Act, 1983, No. 178
- 1983 - Protected Estates Act, 1983, No. 179
- 1983 - Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act, 1983, No 181
- 1983 - Mental Health (Further Amendment) Act, 1983, No. 9977
- 1983 - Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 1983, No. 9907
- 1983 - Mental Health Ordinance, 1983, No. 52
- 1983 - Crimes (Mental Disorder) Amendment Act, 1983, No. 180
- 1984 - Mental Health (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act, 1984, No. 151
- 1984 - Mental Health Amendment Act, 1984, No. 16
- 1984 - Mental Health Act, Criminal Code and Health Act Amendment Act, 1984, No. 66
- 1985 - Mental Health (Patient's Accounts) Amendment Act, 1985, No. 80
- 1985 - Intoxicated Persons (Amendment) Act, 1985, No. 126
- 1985 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1985, No. 122
- 1985 - Intellectually Handicapped Citizens Act, 1985, No. 11
- 1986 - Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 1986, no. 92
- 1986 - Crimes (Mental Illness) Amendment Act, 1986, No. 93
- 1986 - Criminal Appeal (Mental Illness) Amendment Act 1986, No. 94
- 1986 - Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services Act, 1986, No. 53
- 1986 - Alcohol and Drug Dependency Amendment Act, 1986, No. 6
- 1986 - Mental Health Act Amendment Act, 1986, No. 114
- 1986 - Mental Health Act, 1986, No. 59
- 1986 - Mental Health Services Amendment Act, 1986, No. 70
- 1987 - Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services (Amendment) Act, 1987, No. 74
- 1987 - Mental Health (Disability Services and Guardianship) Amendment Act, 1987, No. 260
- 1987 - Mental Health Services Act Amendment Act, 1987, No. 11
- 1987 - Children (Care and Protection) (Disability Services and Guardianship) Amendment Act, 1987, No. 259
- 1987 - Protected Estates (Disability Services and Guardianship) Amendment Act, 1987, No. 261
- 1987 - Miscellaneous Acts (Disability Services and Guardianship) Repeal and Amendment Act, 1987, No. 262
- 1987 - Mental Health Services Amendment Act, 1987, No. 84
- 1987 - Alcohol and Drug Dependency Amendment Act, 1987, No. 24
- 1987 - Disability Services and Guardianship Act, 1987, No. 257
- 1987 - Community Welfare (Disability Services and Guardianship) Amendment Act, 1987, No. 258
- 1988 - Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 1988, No. 42
- 1989 - Mental Health Amendment Act, 1989, No. 8
- 1989 - Mental Health Services Act and Another Act Amendment Act, 1989, No. 49
- 1989 - Intellectually Handicapped Citizens Act Amendment Act 1989, No. 33
- 1989 - Criminal Appeal (Mental Disorder) Amendment Act, 1989, No. 102
- 1989 - Mental Health (Mental Disorder) Amendment Act, 1989, No. 101
- 1989 - Crimes (Mental Disorder) Amendment Act, 1989, No. 100
- 1989 - Self-Government (consequential Amendments) Act, 1989, No. 38
- 1989 - Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services (Amendment) Act, 1989, No. 60
1990s